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1 Corinthians 9-16 (Translated) (view source)
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|What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
|What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
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|So then, what is my reward? It is that when I preach, I can make the good news of Christ freely available, that I don't make undue advantage of the good news.
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|For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
|For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
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|Even though I'm free of all men, I've made myself a slave to all men, so that I can win more of them over.
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|And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
|And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
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|To the Jews, I became like a Jew so that I could win over the Jews; to those who observe the Mosaic law, I lived according to the law so that I could win over those who observe.
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|To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
|To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
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|To those who don't observe the Mosaic law, I lived without it (not that I'm actually not subject to God's law, since I'm bound to the law by Christ) so that I could win over the non-observant.
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|To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
|To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
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|To the weak, I behaved as if I were weak so that I could win over the weak. I am all things to all men so that I can by all means save some.
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|And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
|And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
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|I do all this for the sake of the good news so that I can share in it.
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|Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
|Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
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|Don't you know that while everyone who runs in a race runs, only one can win the prize? So run to win it.
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